Chris Guest

Chris Guest has over 20 years of experience in the software engineering field. Chris currently works as a Lead Software Engineer at Trint. Prior to this, they held the role of Senior Software Engineer at Condé Nast International, where they were responsible for managing the global hosting platform and internal build pipeline capabilities. Chris also worked as a Site Reliability Engineer at Hutoma AI, ensuring the delivery of core functionality for B2C and B2B customers. Chris was a Principal Consultant (DevOps) at Magentys, leading pre-sales engagements and facilitating discovery sessions. Chris began their career as a Student Research Assistant at BT Exact Technologies, where they researched and implemented the "component service interface" for a system called COMPOSE. Throughout their career, Chris has also worked at Ericsson, Microsoft, Sophos Group PLC, Care Sector Trust, and Minds Eye Productions, gaining expertise in various areas such as continuous delivery, DevOps, and cloud-based services.

Chris Guest holds a Master of Science (MSc) degree in Networks & Distributed Systems from the University of Kent, which was obtained from 2000 to 2001. Prior to that, they earned a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Essex, completing it from 1997 to 2000. Additionally, Chris has obtained various certifications, including the Professional Cloud Architect and Google Associate Cloud Engineer from Google in 2019 and 2018 respectively. Chris also holds certifications from other institutions such as Agility Health and Microsoft in different areas of expertise. The information available does not provide details regarding the obtained month and year for some of these certifications. Furthermore, prior to attending university, Chris attended Thorns, but no specific degree or field of study is mentioned.